chisel

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.
2. A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.
3. A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To use a chisel.
2. (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
3. (dated, transitive) To barge in on (something); to intrude on (something).
4. (figuratively, transitive) To make small changes to (something), bit by bit, resulting in change over time.
5. (ambitransitive, informal) To beg or pressure somebody into giving up (something); to haggle excessively; to cheat; to obtain something from (someone) by cheating.

Concepts

ciseau

burin

ciseler

tailler

buriner

tromper

sculpter

ciseau de menuisier

ciseau à bois

creuser

niquer

👉👌

carotter

émincer

entuber

matoir

entailloir

arracher

empenoir

cisailler

ciseaux

découper

dépecer

entailler

façonner

graver

hacher

tranche

trancher

Synonymes

carve

gouge

cheat

chop

engrave

adze

grave

🪦

chipper

cutting tool

cutter

hew

cut

sculpture

graver

sculpt

slice

swindle

whittle

deceive

hoax

chip

bamboozle

crowbar

cut off

gyp

groove

cozen

chase

bilk

hoodwink

trick

engraving tool

rook

rip off

scissors

✂️

incise

pare

wedge

point-tool

dupe

drill

chiseling tool

bore

hash

#️⃣

hack

create

goldbrick

coulter

gip

gad

Traductions

scalpello

Meißel

cincel

beitel

formón

cinzel

Stemmeisen

cesello

Beitel

escoplo

meißeln

cinzelar

cincelar

cisell

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɪzəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: chisel

Hérité de ancien anglais: ċeosol

In summary

From Middle English chisel, chesel, from Old Northern French chisel, cisel, from cisoir (with a change in suffix), from Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting tool”), from Latin caedō (“cut”). Doublet of scissors.